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John Elderfield

♂  British, born 1943

John worked at MoMA from about 1976 to 1989 as Curator and Arranger , and he was head of the Department of Drawings from 1980–1994 , was Chief Curator at Large from 1993–2003 and head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture from 2003–2008 .

18 exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
Curator
Photo of the exhibition The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities

26 March to 1 June 1976

Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Georges Rouault and André Derain, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Matisse in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

25 October 1978 to 30 January 1979

Henri Matisse and John Elderfield were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition The Masterworks of Edvard Munch

15 March to 24 April 1979

Edvard Munch and John Elderfield were involved.

Arranger
Photo of the exhibition Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist

22 August to 21 October 1979

John Elderfield, William C. Agee, Patrick Henry Bruce and Barbara Rose were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition New Work on Paper 1

11 February to 21 April 1981

John Elderfield, Yvonne Jacquette, William Tucker and Tom Holland, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

19 March to 2 June 1981

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

26 October 1983 to 3 January 1984

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Started 17 May 1984

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition The Drawings of Henri Matisse

28 February to 14 May 1985

Henri Matisse, John Elderfield, Magdalena Dabrowski and John Golding, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Kurt Schwitters

10 June to 1 October 1985

Kurt Schwitters and John Elderfield were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

2 October 1985 to 7 January 1986

Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Fernand Léger and Georges Braque, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Large Drawings

25 November 1985 to 15 April 1986

Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Jim Dine and Roy Lichtenstein, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Morris Louis

1 October 1986 to 4 January 1987

John Elderfield and Morris Louis were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Drawings Acquisitions

24 January to 14 June 1987

Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Jasper Johns and Max Ernst, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Drawing since 1940

25 June to 13 October 1987

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and Jasper Johns, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Gifts of Works on Paper by Robert Motherwell

12 December 1987 to 23 February 1988

Robert Motherwell, John Elderfield and Audrey Isselbacher were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn

17 November 1988 to 10 January 1989

John Elderfield and Richard Diebenkorn were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: A Paintings Retrospective

5 June to 20 August 1989

Helen Frankenthaler and John Elderfield were involved.